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Déjà Dead is a 1997 forensic crime novel by Kathy Reichs and the first book featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Set primarily in Montreal, it follows Brennan as she examines dismembered human remains and argues that several deaths may be connected to one killer. The novel introduced a long-running series informed by Reichs's professional experience in forensic anthropology and received the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.
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What case does Temperance Brennan investigate in Déjà Dead?
Brennan examines dismembered remains discovered at an abandoned Montreal monastery. She becomes convinced that this death and other killings are the work of the same murderer.
Is the Temperance Brennan in Déjà Dead the same as the character in Bones?
The television series Bones was inspired by Kathy Reichs's books, but its Brennan is substantially reworked. The novel's Tempe is an older forensic anthropologist dividing her life between Quebec and North Carolina, while Emily Deschanel's television character works at the fictional Jeffersonian.
Is Déjà Dead the first Temperance Brennan novel?
Yes. Kathy Reichs introduced Brennan in Déjà Dead in 1997 and continued her story in Death du Jour.
How much real forensic science is in Déjà Dead?
The investigation uses skeletal analysis, decomposition evidence, and work at Quebec's forensic laboratory. Reichs herself is a forensic anthropologist who has worked in both Quebec and North Carolina.
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